AEW Blood & Guts
| AEW Blood & Guts | |
|---|---|
2021 | |
| Signature matches | WarGames match |
AEW Blood & Guts is an annual
The
History
On July 25, 2019,
We're going to be a bit edgier, but still remain in the PG environment. We just haven't come anywhere close actually to going into another level. So that will be something we'll do in terms of direction of content, more controversy, better storylines, et cetera. But at the same time, we're not going to go back to the Attitude Era, and we're not going to do blood and guts and things of that nature such as being done on perhaps a new potential competitor. We're just not going to go back to that gory crap that we graduated from. And again, a more sophisticated product, again, attracting much better writers and attracting better management, and things of that nature. So again, as I said, I feel really good about it.[1][2]
The term "blood and guts" used by McMahon was perceived as a reference to rival wrestling promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW).[3] On November 13, 2019, AEW filed a trademark for "Blood & Guts," a play on McMahon's term. During Revolution on February 29, 2020, AEW announced that the March 25 episode of Wednesday Night Dynamite would be subtitled Blood & Guts, and feature the promotion's first WarGames match, billed as a "Blood and Guts match" since the WarGames trademark is owned by WWE.[4][5]
The inaugural event was originally scheduled to take place on March 25, 2020, at the
Beginning with the 2022 event, a
Concept
The
Events
| # | Event | Date | City | Venue | Main Event | Ref. |
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| 1 | Blood & Guts (2021) | May 5, 2021 | Jacksonville, Florida | Daily's Place | The Inner Circle (Chris Jericho, Jake Hager, Sammy Guevara, Santana, and Ortiz) vs. The Pinnacle (MJF, Wardlow, Shawn Spears, Cash Wheeler, and Dax Harwood) in a Blood and Guts match
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| 2 | Blood & Guts (2022) | June 29, 2022 | Detroit, Michigan
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Little Caesars Arena | Blood and Guts match
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| 3 | Blood & Guts (2023) | July 19, 2023 | Boston, Massachusetts
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TD Garden | Blood and Guts match
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See also
- List of All Elite Wrestling special events
- List of AEW Dynamite special episodes
- List of AEW Rampage special episodes
References
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- ^ AEW Staff (March 20, 2020). "Message From AEW President & CEO Tony Khan". All Elite Wrestling. Retrieved March 21, 2020.
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- ^ Powell, Jason (March 11, 2020). "3/11 AEW Dynamite TV results: Powell's live review of Hangman Page and a mystery partner vs. Chris Jericho and Sammy Guevara, Cody vs. Ortiz, MJF, The Butcher, and The Blade vs. Jurassic Express, "Death Triangle" Pac, Pentagon, and Fenix vs. Private Party and Joey Janela". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
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- ^ "6/29 AEW Dynamite results: Powell's live review of Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli, Eddie Kingston, Wheeler Yuta, Santana, and Ortiz vs. Chris Jericho, Sammy Guevara, Jake Hager, Daniel Garcia, Matt Menard, and Angelo Parker in a Blood & Guts match, Jade Cargill vs. Leila Grey for the TBS Title, Orange Cassidy vs. Ethan Page". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. 29 June 2022. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
- ^ Powell, Jason (July 19, 2023). "AEW Dynamite results (7/19): Powell's live review of Golden Elite vs. Blackpool Combat Club in a Blood & Guts match, MJF and Adam Cole vs. Daniel Garcia and Sammy Guevara in the Blind Eliminator tourney finals". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved July 19, 2023.